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Netanyahu: Israel will hit Iran throughout Syria, not only along border
The prime minister said he reiterated and made clear the principles guiding Israeli policy toward Syria.
By Herb Keinon
June 17, 2018 12:26

Israel will strike against Iranian efforts to entrench itself militarily throughout Syria, and not only along the Syrian-Israeli border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the weekend.

Netanyahu told the weekly cabinet meeting that he spoke with both men and discussed the region with an emphasis on Syria.

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The prime minister said he reiterated and made clear the principles guiding Israeli policy toward Syria.

“First of all, Iran needs to withdraw from all of Syria,” he said.

“Second, we will take action – and are already taking action – against efforts to establish a militarily presence by Iran and its proxies in Syria both close to the border and deep inside Syria. We will act against these efforts anywhere in Syria," he said.

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Khamenei: Israel illegitimate, referendum should decide fate of Palestine
Khamenei also attacked Arab states that have strengthened ties with Israel in the face of the perceived Iranian threat.
By Samuel Thrope
June 15, 2018 22:49
2 minute read.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Israel is an illegitimate state that "will soon cease to exist" and reiterated his call for a referendum to determine the future of Palestine, Iran's semi-official Iranian Student's News Agency reported Friday.

"The Zionist regime's problem is its lack of legitimacy; it is a regime that was established on hollow foundations," Khamenei said in a speech delivered Friday to leading government officials, members of the public, and ambassadors from Muslim countries on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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"With divine favor and the aid of Muslim nations, it will surely be destroyed and perish," Khamenei said.

"One of the basic goals behind the founding of this regime is fomenting dissension and creating problems among Muslim nations," Khamenei added, "but all historical experience shows that the Zionist regime, which faces a problem of legitimacy, will not remain."

Khamenei also attacked Arab states that have strengthened ties with Israel in the face of the perceived Iranian threat.

"The fact that some of the weak-minded countries of the region have established open or secret diplomatic relations with this occupying regime or support America's moving of its embassy to Jerusalem will not solve the problems of the Zionist regime," he said.

Khamenei reiterated the sentiments in a post on his official English-language Twitter account Friday.

"The #ZionistRegime will not last. All historical experiences imply that with absolute certainty. Undoubtedly the Zionist regime will perish in the not-so far future," he wrote.

The #ZionistRegime will not last. All historical experiences imply that with absolute certainty. Undoubtedly the Zionist regime will perish in the not-so-far future.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) June 15, 2018

Khamenei also called, in the speech and on Twitter, for a referendum to be held by "real Palestinians," including Muslims, Christians and Jews — referring to Jews who lived in the country before Israel's founding in 1948 — that would determine the nature of the post-Israel government of Palestine.

"Like all free countries, people of #Palestine--real Palestinians--should be polled to determine the political system of Palestine; that governing body will decide on future of immigrants in Palestine. There's no other solution and this leads to the elimination of the Zionist regime," Khamenei wrote on Twitter.

Like all free countries, people of #Palestine--real Palestinians-- should be polled to determine the political system of Palestine; that governing body will decide on future of immigrants in Palestine. There's no other solution and this leads to elimination of the Zionist regime.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) June 15, 2018

Khamenei first proposed the idea of a referendum to determine the future of Palestine in a speech to university professors on June 13.

Tensions between Iran and Israel have heightened in recent months over Iran's involvement in Syria's ongoing civil war and the America's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear accord, a move long advocated and encouraged by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Ex-Israeli 'NSA' chief: Energy should be first cyber target in Iran war
By Yonah Jeremy Bob
June 17, 2018 12:40

Breaking news

Breaking news. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)

The former head of Israel's 'NSA,' Ehud Schnerosen said on Sunday that the first cyber target in any future conflict with Iran and Hezbollah should be their energy infrastructure. Speaking at a major cyber conference taking place in Israel, Schnerosen referred to the energy sector as a "major pillar economy, state's cardio-vascular system."

"We should not attack water, food, healthcare on ethical grounds, and should not attack banks because of the potential butterfly effect," said Schnerosen. "The next 9/11 in cyber will be energy sector."

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PM Netanyahu at weekly Cabinet meeting:
Over the weekend I spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. We discussed regional issues and focused – of course – on Syria.

PM of Israel
‏Verified account @IsraeliPM
1h1 hour ago

I reiterated our guiding principles regarding Syria. First of all, Iran needs to withdraw from all of Syria.

PM of Israel
‏Verified account @IsraeliPM
1h1 hour ago

Second, we will take action – and are already taking action – against efforts to establish a militarily presence by Iran and its proxies in Syria both close to the border and deep inside Syria. We will act against these efforts anywhere in Syria.

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Joe
‏ @Jtruzmah
3h3 hours ago

Netanyahu: I have repeatedly clarified the basic principles that guide us in relation to Syria. First of all, Iran needs to get out of Syria. Second, we'll act and are already working against attempts to consolidate Iran and its proxies both near the border and deep inside Syria.

Joe
‏ @Jtruzmah
2h2 hours ago

Every few weeks I hear something new about #Hamas in #Lebanon. You know who’s name keeps popping up? Saleh al-Arouri. The #Qassam leader who helped orchestrate the kidnapping of 3 Israeli teens in ‘14. He’s been cozying up w/ #Iran & is definitely got the attention of #Israel.

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BREAKING: Ex-IDF intel chief Yadlin: If Iran goes nuclear, Trump will NOT attack. It will fall on Israel. So maybe leaving Iran deal brought war closer between Iran-Israel.

I think that needs a bit of explaining - "If Iran goes nuclear" - in what context is that??? .... if Iran would attack Israel with a nuke I wouldn't be saying the US - not Prez Trump - wouldn't attack & help defend any country under those circumstances ....

Iran definitely acquiring a nuke - that's a whole different ball of wax >>>>> don't count out Little Fat Boy selling off his nuke program to Iran - not just allow it to be dismantled for zippo $$$$$$ - don't forget Iran has plenty of Obammy $$$$$ to spend ....

Last week's summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un means Iran will probably not come back to table, the IDF's former intelligence chief Amos Yadlin said on Sunday. As a result, Iran will renew uranium enrichment and go for the bomb, he added.

Yadlin, who was speaking at a major cyber warfare conference at Tel Aviv University added that "If Iran goes nuclear, Trump will not attack it and it will fall on Israel to do so."

I think that needs a bit of explaining - "If Iran goes nuclear" - in what context is that??? .... if Iran would attack Israel with a nuke I wouldn't be saying the US - not Prez Trump - wouldn't attack & help defend any country under those circumstances ....

Iran definitely acquiring a nuke - that's a whole different ball of wax >>>>> don't count out Little Fat Boy selling off his nuke program to Iran - not just allow it to be dismantled for zippo $$$$$$ - don't forget Iran has plenty of Obammy $$$$$ to spend ....

LOL, I was typing and C&P the article while you were posting. It seems we have similar thoughts.

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Report: Iranian-backed Syrian militias change uniforms, head toward Golan
Syrian rebel sources claim up to 500 Iranian-backed militia and members of Hezbollah changed uniforms and are digging in near the Golan in preparation for a major offensive.
By Seth J. Frantzman
June 17, 2018 15:28
2 minute read.

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Head of Russia's Military Police in Israel to discuss Syria
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Netanyahu: Israel will hit Iran throughout Syria, not only along border

Missile fire is seen over Daraa, Syria May 10, 2018

Missile fire is seen over Daraa, Syria, May 10, 2018. (photo credit: ALAA AL-FAKIR / REUTERS)
Hezbollah and Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias are concentrating in an area dubbed the ‘triangle of death’ near the Golan Heights as the Syrian regime prepares its major post-Ramadan offensive.

The offensive is designed to defeat the rebels in southern Syria and has raised concerns in Jerusalem, Washington, Moscow and Amman as a potential crisis looms. This comes as Israel continues warning the Syrian regime to remove Iranian forces from the country.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had reiterated Israel’s demand that Iran withdraw from all of Syria in conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the weekend.

With the defeat of Syrian rebels in Damascus, the regime has begun to concentrate forces along its long front line that stretches from the environs of the southern Damascus countryside down to Daraa near the Jordanian border. This front line ranges from 10 kilometers to just one kilometer from the Golan.

According to foreign reports, Israel previously stressed to Moscow and Washington that Iranian forces must be kept between 40-60 km away from the Golan border. However, Syrian rebels have accused the Iranian forces and Iranian-backed militias, such as thousands of Shi’ites recruited from Pakistan and Afghanistan, of changing uniform and pretending to be regime soldiers. Bassam Jaara, a commentator on the conflict, asserted on June 15 that there were suspicious movements of Iranian-backed forces north of Daraa.

In the lead up to the end of Ramadan, which is supposed to be a joyous and peaceful time, the regime escalated shelling in the 'triangle of death’ area, not far from Quneitra and Daraa.

The villages of Akraba, Kafr Shams and Alhara were struck with shells fired by the regime according to a report at Orient.net. Rebel activists told the Arabic website that Iranian-backed militias and Hezbollah carried out the attacks.

The latest reports strengthen Syrian rebel claims that various militias had “changed their uniforms to those of the sectarian Tiger militia,” a regime unit. These allegedly included members of the Quds Brigade, which is Palestinian, and Abu al-Fadl Abbas, a Shi’ite unit, as well as Hezbollah.

“These militias use the weapons of the regime and have settled in fortified positions along the triangle of death.” The report says 500 members of these Iranian-backed forces have moved into the positions not far from the Golan. “Abu Zein Khalid, the military commander of the Southern Front [rebels] told Orient that the Iranian militias met in the area of the triangle of death and wore the dress [uniform] of the regime.”

A source close to the Syrian rebels said the claims were accurate. “Yes, it is right and more details will emerge today,” the source said. “In short the regime forces are crowding into the area of north Daraa in this triangle of death area because the offensive will include Quneitra.” Any regime movement toward Quneitra, the Syrian rebel held area along the Golan, would be highly sensitive to Israel and risk spillover conflict or the flight of refugees from the shelling.

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Iranian militias and Syrian forces become indivisible as assault on Daraa looms
Reports would suggest a high degree of integration between foreign militias and the Assad regime’s military.
Sunday 17/06/2018

Two peas in a pod. Syrian regime forces ride a military truck in Eastern Ghouta. (SANA)

Iranian support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is long standing. Much of that support has been through Iran’s proxies and allied militias. Some of these, such as the Lebanese group Hezbollah, have contributed thousands of men who have fought in Syria on the side of the regime.

Other groups are channelling foreign fighters from as far afield as Afghanistan into Syria to wage what Phillip Smyth, Soref fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, termed the “Shia Jihad” in his report “The Shiite Jihad and Its Regional Effects.”

These groups are tightly integrated into the regime’s war effort and are essential for its survival. Hezbollah units fought in campaigns to secure the regime’s control of Damascus and its surrounding areas. Two Hezbollah fighters were killed in a suspected Islamic State attack in Deir ez-Zor province, showing the extent of Hezbollah’s presence across Syria.

Militias linked to Iran are vital to Assad and discomforting for his enemies. Israel worries about their proliferation. Israeli politicians, fearful of Hezbollah’s increased dominance of Lebanon, do not want Iranian proxies to establish a base near the Golan Heights, a Syrian border area Israel has occupied since 1967.

Israel has persistently struck Hezbollah targets inside Syria, including supply routes and encampments. After Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-linked groups fired missiles across the Syrian border into northern Israel, Israel answered with air strikes hitting more than 70 targets in less than four hours on May 10.

This came after Israeli generals and a junior minister threatened that, if Iran acted aggressively towards Israel, the latter would overthrow the Assad regime. Though Israel’s reaction to the missile attack was likely greater than had been expected, it did not include an overt attack on the regime.

Syrian rebel sources have suggested that militias linked to Iran were taking advantage of the situation by wearing the uniforms of Syrian government troops to avoid Israeli attack.

If confirmed, the reports suggest a high degree of integration between foreign militias and the regime’s military. They would also give the lie to the idea that Iran and Assad could be dissociated or prised apart.

Analyst Ryan O’Farrell expressed scepticism about the reports, saying the climate existed for close coordination between the regime and its Iran-marshalled allies.

“Iran and its various foreign proxies have been very open about their intentions to open a new front against Israel along the Golan if a new war breaks out and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria have massively accelerated despite Russia’s intensive efforts to negotiate some sort of deal with Israel,” O’Farrell said.

“If these reports of IRGC reflagging as Syrian to skirt Russia’s promise of [Iranian] withdrawal to Israel are true, then I think it’s in order to maintain the kind of intelligence and operational benefits that proximity to Israel would offer in a future war.”

In any case, Iranian forces will operate in southern Syria with or without Russian approval.

Hassan Hassan, a senior fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East policy, said: “The south-west, from east of Sweida near al-Tanf all the way to the Israeli border, was supposed to be a zone free of Iranian forces. Russia made it clear it was able to deliver on a form of that zone but it has not always been successful, except when Iran wanted to play along.

“Recently Iran sent troops from Damascus to Daraa, apparently without going through the Syrian and Russian governments,” Hassan said.

Smyth, via e-mail, said: “It’s impossible to tell how extensive reflagging would be, though it’s not unheard of during a war where many fighters don’t even wear uniforms. Additionally, more covert Hezbollah units had dressed in Syrian Arab Army fatigues early in the conflict, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility that this could happen again as a means to cover their tracks.”

Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said, for Shia militias embedded in regime units, “don[ning] regime military outfits to avoid Israeli attack is logical.”

“Given the current move in southern Syria targets Iran-controlled proxies and the IRGC, I’d assume any of the fighters reflagging would belong to those groups, particularly Lebanese Hezbollah,” Smyth said.

Whether or not these reports are true, Iran-linked militias will seek to maintain their place in southern Syria. As part of the regional axis of resistance, it is their intention to challenge Israel.

Smyth said: “I’m of the belief that no matter how a member of an Iran-controlled militia group is dressed, they will, over time, find a way to get back to sections of the Golan that they want to maintain positions in.”

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I posted about the strikes on the "War" thread yesterday. So US is saying it was Israel that did it.

timestamp will be obviously off, I posted it around 6 PM last night. (just one of many posts about it)

News_Executive
‏ @News_Executive
15m15 minutes ago

UPDATE: Syrian military says there are a number of casualties after a U.S air-strike targeted a Syrian military position in al-Harri south East of Al-Boukamal in #DeirEzzor, unconfirmed reports there were also Hezbollah and Iranian forces at that position.

Guy Elster
‏Verified account @guyelster
18m18 minutes ago

#BREAKING The airstrikes on #Syria, near #Iraq border, were carried out by #Israel: US official to CNN

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UPDATE: U.S official tells CNN that the air-strike targeting pro-regime fighters close to the Iraq-Syria border Sunday was carried out by Israel, at least 50 fighters were killed and dozens more injured.

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1Pe 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer

Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.

#Israel’s PM Netanyahu told #Russia President Putin & US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the weekend that the Israel Air Force will prevent #Iranian efforts to entrench itself militarily throughout #Syria

Anna Ahronheim added,

Ryan Browne
Verified account @rabrowne75
An airstrike targeting pro-regime fighters close to the Iraq-Syria border Sunday was carried out by Israel, and not by the US or the coalition fighting ISIS, a US official tells CNN

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Now to hope things don't start popping between Israel/Syria/Iran over this.

This is in Daraa area of Syria, just a very few short miles North of Jordan and around 10-15 or so miles to Israel's Golan Heights and 25 miles to Israel. (give or take a few miles)

ETA: I don't know how far away from Daraa they still are; I'm sure there are several villages and quite a bit of land that has to be taken while they fight their way there.

ELINT News
‏ @ELINTNews
5m5 minutes ago
Hold this thread, just being informed the battle for southern Syria may have just begun, what timing if confirmed, reports of SAA advanced, MORE TO COME

ELINT News
‏ @ELINTNews
2m2 minutes ago

#BREAKING: Local sources now reporting Syrian Arab Army may have begun the battle for southern Syria, SAA now controlling farms near Busr Al-Harir and the Air Defence Battalion near the village of Musayfah - @TomtheBasedCat

Led by their Tiger Forces, the Syrian military began the offensive by storming the towns of Deir Dama and Al-Bustan in the Lajat area.

A fierce battle would ensue between the Syrian Army and jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham; it would end with the latter retreating from both Deir Dama and Al-Bustan.

Following the capture of these two towns, the Syrian Army pushed their way along the Al-Sweida Governorate border, seizing several farms and points that have been under the control of the jihadist rebels for over five years.

According to a military source in the government stronghold of Izra’a, the Syrian Army is attempting to take advantage of the fractured rebel defenses in northeast Dara’a in order to capture new positions.

Once these new positions are captured, the Syrian Army plans on working their way around the rebel stronghold of Busra Al-Harir and eventually besieging this important town located just east of Izra’a.

The military source told Al-Masdar to expect more advances in the coming hours, as the jihadist rebels are retreating from several sites around the Al-Lajat region.

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Nidalgazaui
‏ @Nidalgazaui
14m14 minutes ago
#Daraa: Hezbollah terrorist has been killed in eastern Daraa today by Rebels. Proofs that all claims by the regime that only Syrian army and Russian soldiers are involved in Daraa battle are false. Also pro Iranian and Hezbollah militias are involved!

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#BREAKING
Explosion heard in the southern part of the Golan heights following the Patriot missile launch
#Israel #Gaza

parallel universe
@ignis_fatum3h3 hours ago

Initial unconfirmed reports : an unmanned aircraft was shot down by the missile over the Golan Heights
#Israel #Syria

Judah Ari Gross
‏Verified account @JudahAriGross3h3 hours ago

#breaking Incoming (uncomfirmed) reports of a Patriot missile being launched in northern Israel. Residents of the area posting pictures showing a white trail in the sky near Tzfat. (In the past, Patriots have been launched to shoot down incoming UAVs from Syria)

News_Executive
‏ @News_Executive3h3 hours ago

BREAKING: A patriot surface-to-air missile was fired by the Israeli air-force a short time ago in Northern Israel near the border with Syria, the target was towards the Syria side of the border, reason unknown at this time.

Shai Ben-ari
‏ @ShaiBenari2h2 hours ago#IDF confirms a Patriot missile was fired at a UAV that approached #Israel's border with #Syria. As a result the UAV moved away from the border. The drone was not hit by the Patriot @i24NEWS_EN

Judah Ari Gross
‏Verified account @JudahAriGross
2h2 hours ago

Judah Ari Gross Retweeted Judah Ari GrossIDF confirms the Patriot was fired, says the target was an incoming drone from Syria. No hits were reported, but the aircraft retreated back toward Syria. The IDF does not immediately identify the operator of the drone.

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Noga Tarnopolsky
‏Verified account @NTarnopolsky
1h1 hour ago
Jared Kushner is betting that antagonism to Mahmoud Abbas will appeal to young Palestinians, not consolidate them behind their president. Transcript here:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/w...ranscript.html

Noga Tarnopolsky
‏Verified account @NTarnopolsky
1h1 hour ago

Hard to know what Kushner (& Greenblatt) have been doing in the region but at least Kushner acknowledges no one has seen their peace plan. To Palestinians he says: “Don’t let your leadership reject a plan they haven’t even seen.”

Instant News Alerts
‏ @InstaNewsAlerts
21m21 minutes ago

#Breaking: Jared Kushner gave a rare interview in Arabic, where he criticized #Abbas for rejecting US peace plan before it was even presented. #Israel

Kensington Palace
‏Verified account @KensingtonRoyal
1h1 hour ago

The Duke of Cambridge has landed in Amman, Jordan.

Over the next five days The Duke will visit Jordan, Israel, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories – and is looking forward to building a real and enduring relationship with the people of the region.

Rebecca English
‏Verified account @RE_DailyMail
1h1 hour ago

Prince William arrives in Jordan ahead of his historic visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. He is met in Amman by the Crown Prince of Jordan. #RoyalVisitJordan

Noga Tarnopolsky
‏Verified account @NTarnopolsky
1h1 hour ago

Noga Tarnopolsky Retweeted Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace twitter switches to Arabic.

Noga Tarnopolsky
‏Verified account @NTarnopolsky
41m41 minutes ago

Noga Tarnopolsky Retweeted Said Arikat

Jared Kushner’s phantom peace plan proceeds apace

Noga Tarnopolsky added,

Said Arikat
@SMArikat
Palestinian Ministry of Information describes #Kuchner's interview with @alqudsnewspaper as "inciting against the Palestinian leadership, aimed at flattening the #Palestinian issue, violating international law and calling for normalization"
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